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Topic: Pot head problems. (Read 4676 times)

It says in the 50 buck tutorial that once I find the pot head I should plug it into my microcontroler and then send a 0 signal? Idk know how to do that? Do I have to put the photovore software on first? Please help. THanks.

Ok so @ which part do I copy and paste this link:http://www.societyofrobots.com/downloads/hold_servo.hex with all the numbers in it? Am I supposed to copy and paste??? you tell me to download it but when I click on it its just a bunch of numbers and stuff...

If you are just seeing a bunch of numbers in your web browser you can "file->save page as" and save it as "hold_servo.hex", or you can right click on the link itself and select "save as" as "hold_servo.hex".

Then you can load it into AVR Studio. And if you have the more expensive programmer now you can connect directly from AVR Studio - the relevant button to connect is shown in this picture in the tutorial, and the one next to it to upload.

OK...... Lets see so I have the 34 buck programmer and am still struggling with the servos! Please tell me exactly how to get them to zero I need to plug in that thing you made to the microcontroller and then plug it into the servos I have no clue how to do this and I have read over the tutorial like ten times and am still stuck PLEASE HELP. thanks.

OK - I'm not the best person to answer this (my first upload from a computer to a microcontroller was exactly yesterday, after much poring over the in-program help). BTW, if you haven't yet, you should read the AVR Studio online help; it's pretty nice actually. But in any case:

You save the file to that hold_servo.hex file as described before.

Start up AVR Studio.

Open file, and pick the hex file that you saved. I think at this point you see the program and it's english translation in the disassembler.

Plug your two servos into the ground/power/control pin triplets for PD0 and PD1 as described in the tutorial.

Plug the programmer into the computer's USB port and the other end onto the 3x2 header you made on your board

ummmmhhh ok... I have scanned over your instructions...and I am very glad you helped I think I pretty much understand what you are saying.. It is getting late and I am tired so I have decided to try it tommorow afternoon when I come home... Your instructions seem very clear and the help is very much appreciated!!!!!!!

Guys I had the same problem. Ok after I upload the file to my microcontroller? How? Is it supposed to be on the component board with the circuit already done. Or just how it comes in the bag? Ok the microcontroller came and the programmer came. THen I put the file to my programmer then how do I put it into my microconroller if it's just separate and not connected to anything yet?